Igor Bišćan
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Bišćan in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 May 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender, midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Ahli (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dinamo Zagreb | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–2000 | Dinamo Zagreb | 67 | (11) |
| 1995–1996 | → Samobor (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2000–2005 | Liverpool | 72 | (2) |
| 2005–2007 | Panathinaikos | 36 | (3) |
| 2008–2012 | Dinamo Zagreb | 61 | (1) |
| Total | 248 | (18) | |
| International career | |||
| 1998 | Croatia U20 | 2 | (1) |
| 1997–2000 | Croatia U21 | 15 | (1) |
| 1999 | Croatia B | 1 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Croatia | 15 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016–2017 | Rudeš | ||
| 2017–2018 | Olimpija Ljubljana | ||
| 2018–2019 | Rijeka | ||
| 2019–2023 | Croatia U21 | ||
| 2023 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| 2023 | Al-Shabab | ||
| 2024– | Al-Ahli | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Igor Bišćan (Croatian pronunciation: [îɡor bǐʃtɕan]; born 4 May 1978) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who is the currently head coach of Qatar Stars League club Al-Ahli. In his playing career, he was a versatile player and could play almost every position in the defence or midfield, but featured mostly as a central midfielder, or as a central defender in his latter years.
Bišćan played for his hometown club Dinamo Zagreb, English club Liverpool, with whom he won a Champions League winners medal, Greek club Panathinaikos, and represented the Croatia national team internationally, debuting in UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying match against Macedonia on 13 June 1999.